Word: ibm
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Grandson of a Naples sailor and son of an IBM executive, Joseph Anthony Califano Jr., 47, is delighted that he has one of the toughest challenges in Washington. Says he: "I love this job! I think it is the greatest job in the Government. We're at the frontier of most of the social and human issues that government touches in a democracy. I mean, this is where...
...bill he introduced in the House last year seeking to limit the use and power of standardized tests. "The basic aim of this bill is to see a less mechanized, less fallible process," James Castello, Harrington's legislative assistant, says. "What you can read from someone filling in little IBM bubbles for three hours does not amount to much," he adds...
...Rome, police made what may be an important breakthrough. They raided a small print shop where they believed Moro's kidnapers might have prepared the messages that were sent to the government and his family. The raid turned up an IBM typewriter of the kind used in the messages, arms, and Red Brigades leaflets claiming responsibility for the kidnaping of Piero Costa, a Genoa shipping magnate, in 1976. The shop's owner, Enrico Triaca, 30, was arrested along with nine other suspects, whom police were investigating for possible connections to the kidnaping...
...example, an investor might want to acquire 100 shares of IBM. On April 7, before the surge, it would have cost him $240 a share, or $24,000 plus commissions. But he could have bought a three-month option on IBM for $2 a share, or $200 for 100 shares. This would have given him the right to buy those shares at any time over the next three months for $260 a share. So if the price rose much above $260, he would turn a handsome profit. As it happened, IBM closed last week at $266, and option holders...
...value of the options. But that $1 rise is a far larger percentage gain for the options, since they cost much less than shares of stock. Thus profits made on options in recent weeks have been spectacular. Between Friday, April 7, and last Friday's close, IBM options jumped from $2 to $10.50, a 425% increase; General Electric's rose 475%, from 50? to $2.87; Kodak's jumped 470%, from...